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RE: Here's an idea.....

Had the same thought a couple of days ago! I totally agree with TOOOLD2BITE. Not that I would ever discard my means of personally keeping a record of all of my purchases, but this would alleviate having to have more than CS running. I think this is a much needed column for private viewing by the owner. I also agree with an earlier post on having a cummulative total on your collection, which of course could include your total acquisition cost. My one cent! Happy collecting everyone.
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Recent Additions

and they are not all Lincolns! I have been busy the last couple of weeks bolstering both my annual Mint and Proof Sets. I have also added a few miscellaneous coins and several new finds for my Roosevelt sets. My 1965-date Roosevelt set now resides comfortably at number 5 in that registry. I added the Jefferson and Silver Roosevelts to both my 1996 and 1997 Proof sets (1996 set at number 5 and 1997 at number 12). I also added the Handshake Jefferson and the Lincoln cent in my 2004 Proof se
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Missed Lincoln Opportunity

Can't win them all. Or so the saying goes. A prime example of this fell into place for me twice last week. First, there was a 1971P Lincoln MS67 that had been on ebay for a while listed at $179. The seller lowered it last week to $129 so I had watched it all week and was set to bid on the coin as the seconds ticked down. Low and behold as I went to bid and the "winning" excitement set in, I hit the wrong !@%? button. Lost that one! Second, an opportunity also presented itself on ebay f
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RE: Look what I found!!

Now that is what I call cherrypicking! I wish all Lincoln collector's could be so fortunate ... especially me. Congrats on a fabulous find.
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Return to an old venture.

Once upon a time in the Collector's Society, I held the #9 Registry Set for Lincoln Memorial Proofs (1959-Present). It was a very nice set of many top pop coins and other highly graded pieces. Unfortunately, personal finances dictated the sell of this set. It was a SAD day in this house, let me tell you! I "mourned" the loss of this set for about six months. I had but one comfort. That being the set now belonged to another Registry member (I could still stop in, visit and say hello) and
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BSA Coin Collecting Merit Badge

Just as my son, the extended family's only Boy Scout, started this badge (with me as the Troop Merit Badge Counselor) we found this on eBay. I've been somewhat attracted to NGC Sample coins for quite a while now and have about a 1/2 dozen or so in my set, adding one every now and again when it strikes my fancy. I was roaming around eBay about a two weeks ago not hunting for anything in particular when I happened across this coim from SampleSlabs. I found it immediately compelling to own this
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Recently added.

So here is the newest Lincoln Memorial in my set. The coin arrived today and it is in the set. It is a beautiful example of the 1987D Lincoln Memorial. I bought this coin for 25% of the Numismedia retail in a BIN auction. A nice find with only 28 graded at MS68 and none higher by NGC! Enjoy and thanks for reading.
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My Lincoln Memorial Set

I have been updating my ProCoin and Excel files this weekend. It started me thinking about just where my set was headed. I have been working on this set for about the last 5 years. I have completed 37% of the set so far and have the number 12 set. The rarity of the top pop coins remaining to be acquired will make for even more of a challenge than I have encountered thus far on my journey. Many of the coins from 1959 to 1982 have a single digit pop in MS67. These will definitely be hard t
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Making a hard decision

During the last two weeks I have gone through a variety of emotions ranging from pure anger, buyer's remorse, humiliation, sadness, pride, and so forth in terms of coin collecting. I even considered considered selling EVERYTHING! I did, for about a week, remove ALL of my sets from this site and revamp what I listed, to a degree. Wiser heads prevailed and I've made an extremely difficult decision for me, one that I can live with and that family can "live" with. From my previous journal en
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Speaking for the little guy

I've been pondering this issue for two days now. I've read the posts and taken in the opinions; thought some, stewed some, pondering more, written down some thougts. Here is a summary of all that "mental" work. From what I've read, most of the respondents about the registry points/coins in set/completion/etc topic believe there should be some sort of Society governed restrictions/guidelines, if not just some sort of self-control and personal management. Speaking for the little guy, I must
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2009 change to the Prez $?

News to me... Just sitting here watching Home Shopping Network (HSN) and the Coin Collecting hour. Yes, I know it is 3:30 AM CST but what else is a coin-aholic to do? At least I haven't purchased anything yet, even though the first 9 years of uncirculated state quarters (P, D and gold plated) for $199.95 was awfully tempting. The hosts were discussing (trying to sell) the Prez dollars and it was mentioned that for 2009 forward the words IN GOD WE TRUST were to be moved from the edge of the
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GOLD RUSH

I finally did it! I actually won my first gold auction tonight. Hugh for me. My quest started a week ago by placing a single high bid for a 1992 1/10th $5 gold eagle. Within the first twelve hours of my initial bid, one person bid 3 times to raise the bid to almost half of what my max was. I thought to myself, "There is no way I am going to win this coin." Then the wait began. I waited and watched until day 5 of the auction rolled along. Another person bid twice to up my bid to about t
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Exceedingly Happy!

Here's a picture of the coin that sent my Memorial Lincoln set to #13. The NGC coin pop for this coin is 23 in MS68 with only 3 in MS69 (good luck on finding one of those). What a great coin it is. It arrived in the mail today from one of the best ebay sellers out there, Telecoin. Received this coin in only 3 days, counting the day the auction ended and I paid!
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"Skinny Chicken"

Received mine yesterday. The clad MS 50c piece that is. I guess I can see why most agree the baby eagles look like skinny chickens, but the Challenger eagle on the reverse is quite stunning in my opinion, especially with Old Glory whisping in the background. As for the silver dollar and gold $5 dollar, I haven't had the opportunity to have them in hand yet, but I don't really see the "skinny chicken" on those. Ok, maybe on one side of the $5 gold coin, but nothing else. Anyway, received
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1959-Date Lincolns

I recently purchased a couple of hard to find coins for this set. I purchased an NGC MS68 1995P a couple of weeks ago. As of today, there are only 25 graded by NGC as MS68 and none finer. Two or three days ago I was out bid on an MS68 1995D. I thought for sure I had lost my chance on this coin. I was pretty bummed out. As luck would have it, I found another one tonight in a BIN auction for $100. I jumped on it since the last one I bid on sold for several dollars higher. There are onl
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Eagles and Commemoratives

With all of the talk of these coins lately I decided to jump on the band wagon as well. Yesterday I added registry sets for the Modern Commems (Complete, Halves and Dollars) and added a few coins to the sets. I also added the SAE MS set to my registry and added a couple of coins to that set. In addition, I have always wanted to collect a little gold, so I added the 1/10th oz. MS Gold Eagles to my registy and am currently bidding on a couple of those coins. For now, I'll try to complete th
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US Mint

Someone recently posted the link to the Mintage figures for the Mint. Will you please share that link again? I believe it was towards the end of last month but I can't seem to put my fingers on that post. PS - As many of you know, my wife "stole" my "dealer" last night and left everyone a post that she (and I after reading it) thought was rather humorous. Well, I paid in full my ransom tonight with a $100 steak and lobster dinner just so I could get back to my habit, so to speak. I seriou
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Wife of numis-ADDICT seeks support of other numisaddict spouses. Are you out there?

I am the wife of vumc409 and I have kidnapped his 'dealer' (computer)..... and am holding it for ransom until I get some sort of restitution for all the money spent on this ADDICTION!!!!!! I will say that while my husband is a loyal and loving man, this minute by minute need for coins is absolutely amazing. He is a retired civil engineer who has survived a heart transplant and kidney transplant and he is now the stay at home father (of the universe)! But man-oh-man! Please don't ge
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Justification Needed...

for explaining to the wife. Received our tax refund last week so I decided to buy a few coins. Even that thought was a no-no since the wife said to put it in the bank! Well, I didn't heed those oh so wise words and how I wish I had (mostly anyway!). I've dropped about $800 in the last week. Before you get the totally wrong idea, I had her blessing on some of the coins. I'm trying to put together two new Signature Sets so off I went to hunt down coins for these sets. I found plenty and d
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Austalian Lunars

Just when I thought I was done... I added the twelfth and final coin to my Australian Lunar Silver Dollar set on 1-19-08. Finally, a 100% complete (pictures and descriptions included) registry set and it was tied for #1 with 3 other sets. Checked my set this morning, still #1. Come back tonight, #3. WHAT! Yep, #3. The powers that be have added another coin to the set. So for a total of 9 days I was tied for #1 with 3 others. Now I'm tied for #3 with 2 others! A coin addict's work i
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Bully

Find out about NGC slabs here. You can go to www.SampleSlabs.com to learn about NGC's slab changes over the years. The author of this website has done a very thorough compilation of the slabs NGC has used. Hope this helps.
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A penny saved is a penny earned.

I believe many of the phrases will be obsolete after the 2009 pennies come out. I think it is very likely that the 2009 issue of the Lincoln cent will be the last. About the only thing you can buy with a penny is a wish in a well. Modern economics and the relative spiralling cost of copper will finally drive the cent into oblivion. What a sad day! I have been hoarding pennies for about 10 years and have somewhere between 10000 and 12000 of them put away. I also have a nearly complete Dan
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RE: When are we collectors going to get some "Gonads" and not speak out, but "SHOUT" out?

You may want to add another type of seller to this list? How about the seller that sells improperly cleaned coins without mention the coin has been cleaned? This happens quite often on eBay with the raw coins, particularly with copper/bronze coins. I know I have been burned a couple of times myself. I've learned to ask before I buy. At least that way I have the dealer's written word if it ends up having been cleaned. Maybe a refund comes a little easier that way. For those that don't k
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